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During Countdown to Christmas, Samsung and Others Offer Smartphone Deals

As the shipping window narrowed for pre-Christmas delivery Tuesday, manufacturers and carriers offered smartphone deals, we found in our review. Samsung stretched free delivery to orders over $50 placed by noon EST Thursday. It's offering up to $300 back for…

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customers buying the Galaxy Note9 on AT&T, Sprint and Verizon networks ($699) and $200 off $799 for T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular customers. The S9 and S9+ also had deals. Target put the spotlight on discounted Apple products, offering a $100 gift card to customers buying the latest iPhone, the XR. Apple didn’t respond to questions on reports of lagging demand for the new model. The gift card requires new line activation and an upgrade on AT&T or Sprint. Verizon offered three promotions, adding six months of Apple Music for free in addition to the Target $100 card. After Amazon last week extended free in-time-for-Christmas shipping to Tuesday, it delayed the deadline to Thursday, it emailed.